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(Chest. 1974;66:308-309.)
© 1974 American College of Chest Physicians

Balloon Catheter Control of Life-Threatening Hemoptysis

Clement A. Hiebert M.D., F.C.C.P.1

1 Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Tufts University, School of Medicine

The successful use of a Fogarty balloon catheter to tamponade bleeding in a moribund patient with massive bronchial hemorrhage is described. An endotracheal tube was passed alongside the catheter after which the patient was resuscitated and prepared for lung resection.




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